MEEZA to provide IT solutions to Vodafone MEEZA and Vodafone Qatar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commence discussions for a long term solutions agreement. MEEZA, a joint venture with the Qatar Foundation (QF), is a newly established IT Solutions and Outsourcing Company based in Qatar. "MEEZA and Vodafone Qatar are in discussion to conclude an agreement in which MEEZA would provide an end-to-end turn key infrastructure solutions to support Vodafone's core telecommunications and network management operation.", CEO of MEEZA Scott MacKenzie told reporters after the signing ceremony yesterday. MEEZA's Tier III Data Centre will open in October 2008 and its one-of-a kind Tier IV Data Centre is scheduled for completion in 2010. These Data Centres will serve as an important foundation on which MEEZA will deliver a full portfolio of IT Solutions and Outsourcing Services to the market, he said. Currently operating from Education City, MEEZA will offer a wide range of services to clients, from creating and managing IT infrastructure to providing full business and technology consulting. It is seeking to accelerate competition in the IT sector and to support the growth of the Qatari economy through the provision world-class IT solutions and Outsourcing to the market, MacKenzie said. Confirming Vodafone's earlier announcement that it would roll out its Qatar operations during the first quarter of 2009, Vodafone Qatar CEO Grahame Maher said Vodafone will start providing services in March and will be making several exciting announcements over the next several months. "Vodafone Qatar is excited by this opportunity to work with MEEZA. This will be an important step towards providing world class services to the people in Qatar", Maher said. Vodafone Qatar is the holder of the second public mobile networks and services license granted by the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology. Its shareholders include Vodafone Group Plc, Qatar Foundation and Qatari institutional investors appointed by the Qatari Government. Hamad Ali Al Mannai, Deputy CEO, MEEZA and Mathew Harrison-Harvey, Director, Regional and External Relations, Vodafone Qatar were also present. The Pen

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